The movement of Solar Energy looks like this: About 70% of all heat that hits the Earth is absorbed as heat. This energy heats lakes, land, oceans and some of the atmosphere. Earth's atmosphere contains water molecules, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone. The heat coming in and being absorbed and the heat being reflected or radiated back out into space is in equilibrium....this means that incoming and outgoing are in a balance. Without the "greenhouse gases" much or most of all our heat energy would be reflected back into space. Scientists have been comparing Earth with Venus and there are some similarities between our atmospheres and of course some great differences. Venus has a super thick atmosphere full of gases like Earth, they trap heat just like our atmosphere. Our atmosphere is made up mostly of water vapor, Venus on the other hand has concentrated sulfuric acid as its main atmospheric gas. Yup, not much life on Venus because of all the sulfuric acid...one probe did make it to Venus and took pictures for just a few minutes before it was eaten up by the acid. These pictures were taken by the Soviet Venera probe. It lasted mere minutes before melting. Venus has a large amount of active volcanoes that have covered the surface with lava flows and filled the atmosphere with toxic gases. Along with the sulfuric acid molecules, the second most prevalent gas is carbon dioxide. Venus' atmosphere is 90% thicker than Earth's and exerts that much more "air" pressure on the surface. Venus is closer to the Sun than we are so its solar heat energy is higher and the ability for Venus to trap the heat is greater because of its thick atmosphere making it the "hottest planet" in the Solar System. Venus' average heat is 932 degrees Fahrenheit. Yeah, way too hot for me...and every living and non-living thing...
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sebastian lei
4/30/2019 04:04:20 pm
I call first, and i've tried to do that ant hill thing it made the coolest shape with the metal.
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Zach
4/30/2019 04:30:58 pm
I claim second, I am never going to live on venus or go to it if we find out how. That would literally kill you.
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italia
4/30/2019 04:37:01 pm
I call second, and I am never going to travel to Venus so I will not get so hot.
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Alice
4/30/2019 05:42:56 pm
I love learning about how to read weather maps.
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danny araya
4/30/2019 05:55:21 pm
i claimed first for all the year yesterday so hah and venus is as scary as mrs taylor
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Michael
4/30/2019 06:34:24 pm
Stop Danny Andrew was already first for the rest of the year
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Aaron
4/30/2019 06:08:49 pm
Poor sand hill!!
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Michael mandaa
4/30/2019 06:36:32 pm
Imagine aliens drinking mercury and Venus is way to cold for them and aliens on Pluto think it is to hot and want to come here. But it is to hot for them so they evaporate on earths surface cause of how hot it is
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Michael mandaa
4/30/2019 06:38:53 pm
Aliens have a cool drink of sulfuric acid
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kajetan
4/30/2019 08:53:58 pm
those ants are dead ha they were trash anyway
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Ryker Bement
4/30/2019 10:09:14 pm
Good thing that we don't live on Venus, and five Rubles to whoever eats that apple after the acid is on it.
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Andrew
4/30/2019 10:32:04 pm
That apple looks grouse.
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Zach
5/1/2019 07:04:04 am
I am the last to comment. I would never eat that apple. ugh
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Brinlee Grow
5/19/2019 12:43:21 pm
If I went to Venus, I would literally die from heat stroke even though I am a hot weather/summer person. Year round summer party on Venus, if you can survive. Please bring your own refreshments.
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